Intro:
G#
VERSE 1:
C# A#m F#
How do I get close to you?
D#m C# A#m D#m F#
Even if you don't notice as I admire you on the subway
C# A#m F#
When it's dark outside your house
D#m C#
You won't let anybody out
A#m D#m F#
And keep a padlock on the door, well
PRE-CHORUS:
F#
One more cocktail
G# F# D#m
And I'm on your trail
CHORUS:
C# F#
If I should fall
F# C#
Act as though it never happened
C# F#
I will retreat
F# C#
And sit inside so very quietly
INSTRUMENTAL:
| C# | F# | F# | C# | x2
VERSE 2:
C# A#m F#
How do I grow old with you?
D#m C# A#m D#m F#
Even if you don't notice as I pass by you on the sidewalk
C# A#m F#
When it's dark outside your house
D#m C#
You won't let anybody out
A#m D#m F#
You're keeping a dead girl in the closet
PRE-CHORUS:
F#
One more cocktail
G# F#
Is it a good time?
D#m
Or is it highly inappropriate
CHORUS:
C# F#
If I should fall
F# C#
Act as though it never happened
C# F#
I will retreat
F# C#
And then go back to university
C# F#
If I should fall
F# C#
Act as though it never happened
C# F#
I will retreat
F# C#
And sit inside so very quietly
BRIDGE:
|F#/C# | D#m |A/C#| D#m |
No chords during guitar interlude
F# D#m F# D#m
I want wisdom
F# D#m F# D#m
I want wisdom
F# D#m F# G#
I want wisdom
CHORUS:
C# F#
If I should fall
C#
Act as though it never happened
C# F#
I will retreat
C#
And sit inside so very quietly
C# F#
If I should fall
F# C#
Act as though it never happened
C# F#
I will retreat
F# C#
And then go back to university
OUTRO:
| C# | F# | F# | C# | x4